The BSL is collaborating with a number of UC Berkeley departments
and organized research units to coordinate education and outreach
activities through the
Interactive University Project (IUP).
The goal of the IUP is to foster the use of the Internet and other
examples of "information infrastructure" to provide community
service. With funding provided by the Department of Commerce,
the Berkeley Pledge, and corporate participants such as ATT,
Pacific Bell, and IBM, the IUP partners are working with
K-12 schools, community-based organizations, small businesses,
public libraries, and other local groups.

As part of the IUP, the BSL, the Museum of Paleontology, the
Center for Extreme Ultraviolet Astrophysics, and the Center
for Particle Astrophysics have formed a science cluster called
Integrating Science, Teaching, and Technology (ISTAT) with a focus
on education in grades 6-12. Over the 18 months, the ISTAT group
has worked
with Gloria Davis Middle School, Mission High School,
Thurgood Marshall High School, and Visitacion Valley Middle
School in the San Francisco Unified School District and with
Lowell Middle School in the Oakland Unified School District.
Since earth sciences in California is taught primarily in
grades 6-8, the BSL worked more closely with middle schools.

An important BSL contribution to ISTAT
was the development of Web page
A Teacher's
Guide to Resources in Seismology. After reviewing
curriculum from Mission High, Thrugood Marshall
High, and Visitacion Valley Middle School, the web page
was re-organized to group materials by curriculum
content in order to assist teachers in finding
material relevant for their classes. Topics
include:

General Math & Science Education Resources

General Earthquake & Earth Science Resources

Earth and the Universe

Waves & Oscillations

Our Changing Planet

Earthquakes and Earthquake Effects

Northern California Earthquake Information

Earthquake Engineering

Online Publications of the USGS

Seismology at the Science Fair

Earthquake puzzles and quizzes

The purpose was to help teachers in their efforts
to identify good resources in the vastness of the
WWW. Thus, this page was updated and revised frequently
- and continues to be actively developed. In addition
to cataloging helpful web resources, this page provide
references to useful books, maps and other materials
for the classroom.

In addition to this general index, we developed several
applications for the teachers:

In addition to the development of these general resources, the
BSL worked on specific projects in Gloria Davis Middle School
and Lowell Middle School. At Gloria Davis, the BSL provided a
REDI pager and the Qpager software for a classroom
display. Teachers Mrs. Patricia Spencer and Mr. Clayton
Jones incorporated the display into their classroom activities.
Among other projects, the students wrote earthquake reports
and practiced earthquake drills. At Lowell Middle School,
the BSL worked with Mr. Caleb Cheung to sponsor a "Family
Science Day". This activity brought
9th graders and their families to UC Berkeley for a half-day
of science activities. Dr. Lind Gee worked with Dr. Pat Williams to develop
a program which included a presentation on earthquakes and faults,
a Web-based activity on the Hayward Fault, and
a tour of the Hayward Fault on campus. Although the walking tour
was marred by rain, the day was a great success.

In addition to our work with the ISTAT project, the BSL contributed to
a "natural disaster" poster from Science World on the topic
of earthquakes. It has a number of activities, including chart
reading, graph reading, and some vocabulary exposure. The BSL
contributed some figures displaying seismograms at various
distance ranges and illustrating different wave types.

During 1996, the BSL collaborated with the Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS)
during the visit of "Invention Adventure" - a LEGO-based travelling
exhibit which featured an earthquake shake table. The BSL was invited
to design display cases of relevant materials and worked with LHS to
install a permanent REDI-CUBE display. Based on the success of this
effort, the BSL is continuing to work with LHS on the development of
earthquake displays. In March 1997, a preliminary proposal for the
development an earthquake and volcano exhibit was submitted to NSF. It
received favorable reviews and a full proposal was submitted in
November to the Informal Science Education Program at NSF.
If funded, the BSL will work with the Hall to develop "Restless Planet",
a 7000 square-foot touring exhibit.

Over the last year, the BSL also worked with the California Academy of
Science (CAS) and the Randall Museum. On April 18, 1998, the California
Academy of Sciences opened "Earthquake: Are you ready for the Big One?".
This new exhibit both expands and updates the previous CAS earth science
displays. The centerpiece of the exhibit is a multimedia theater with
shake tables that allow visitors to "experience" three earthquakes.
The CAS is currently testing a REDI-CUBE display and anticipates incorporating
this as part of the new exhibit.

The BSL also worked with the Randall Museum, a natural science
museum of the City and County of San Francisco. They recently opened
several new earthquake displays, including a recreation of a 1906
earthquake shack. The BSL contributed a seismograph to the Randall
Museum and worked with their staff on aspects of the earthquake
displays. The BSL also tested the Randall Museum as a potential
location for a new BDSN site, but found the noise levels to be too
high.

As part of the BSL's outreach activities, we have made REDI earthquake
data available to a number of universities, colleges, and museums as
educational displays. As noted above, this year marked the expansion of
this program to the K-12 environment. Participating organizations receive
a REDI pager and the Qpager software to display the earthquake information.
The Qpager program maps the previous seven days of seismicity, with
earthquake shown as a dot. The size of the dot indicates the magnitude of
the event, while the color of the dot indicates its age. These
educational displays have been installed at UC Berkeley (McCone Hall,
Earthquake Engineering Research Center, LHS),
California Academy of Sciences, CSU Fresno, CSU Northridge,
Caltech, College of the Redwoods, Humboldt State University,
Sonoma State University, Stanford University (Blume Engineering Center,
Department of Geophysics), UC Davis, UC Santa Cruz, UC San Diego, and USC.

In addition to the seismicity displays, the BSL provides local waveform
feeds for helicorders at several visitor centers associated with BDSN
stations (ARC, CMB, MHC, and MIN). Organizations such as LHS, KRON,
and KPIX receive feeds from BKS via dedicated phone lines for display,
while the USGS Menlo Park uses data from CMB for display in the lobby
of the seismology building. The BSL has also loaned a seismometer and
helicorder display to the San Leandro Unified School District for
their use in science classes.

Over the last year, we have continued to expand our presence on the
WWW. Our primary goal has been to provide a source of earthquake
information for the public, although we also provide information about
the networks, such as station profiles, which benefits the research
community as well. We provide such information as seminar schedules,
course advertisements, descriptions of operations and research,
updates on recent earthquake activity, details on Bay Area
seismicity and hazards, and links to other earthquake and earth science
servers. We also use the WWW server for our own information
distribution, with such details as the computing and
operational resources, rosters, and schedules for various purposes.

One of the more unusual forms of outreach this year was the
result of a collaboration between the BSL and Professor Ken Goldberg
of the Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations
Research. Dr. Goldberg and his student W. Matusik worked with
Mr. Doug Neuhauser and Dr. Lind Gee on the development of a WWW
interface displaying near-real time seismic data. "Momento Mori"
(http://memento.ieor.berkeley.edu)
is a Java applet which displays
data from the vertical component STS-1 seismometer located at BKS in
a manner reminiscent of a electro-cardiograph monitor. This
mesmerizing display received a great deal of notice from the press
and the public, and has been selected to be part of several
Internet-based art exhibits.

In response to the popularity of our "Make Your Own Seismogram" web
activity, we began offering "Quick Look Seismograms"
(
http://quake.geo.berkeley.edu/bdsn/quicklook.html)
this year. We
have found that many people check our web site after feeling an earthquake
and generate a current seismogram. The "Quick Look" web page offers
24-hour seismograms from six stations of the BDSN, updated every few minutes.
By offering current seismograms, we have both reduced the load on our
Web server and made it easier for users to access these data.

We are currently working on a new Java program to display real-time
seismograms. Undergraduate Sheer El Showk
is working on the development of a continuous
helicorder-style display. The goal is to provide a new facility for
our Web server and to replace the some of the actual helicorders still
in use at the BSL.

The UC Berkeley Earthquake Research Affiliates (ERA) Program is an
outreach project of the BSL, the Department of Geology and
Geophysics, and the Earthquake Engineering Research Center. The
purpose is to promote the support of earthquake research while
involving corporations and governmental agencies in academic
investigation and education activities such as conferences and
field trips. The ERA program provides an interface between
the academic investigation and practical application of earthquake
studies.

The ERA Program hosted its third conference on January 9, 1998.
Entitled "Living on the Fault Line", the meeting was held in
Sibley Auditorium of the Bechtel Engineering Center. The
program included:

Over 80 people pre-registered for the conference and over
100 people attended. The audience represented a diverse group,
including participants from a number of public and private
agenices. We plan to host another conference next year.

BSL staff have also spent considerable time with public relations
activities during the past year. Several tours are given each month,
with audiences ranging from middle-school students to scientists and
engineers from China, Korea, and Japan. In addition to the usual
tours, Drs. Romanowicz, Uhrhammer, Dreger, Gee, and Durek presented talks
on earthquakes and related phenomena to public groups. The
staff routinely answers questions about earthquakes and seismic
activity in response to inquiries from the public. In response to our
WWW server and the phenomenal growth of the Internet, we have
experienced an enormous volume of questions via e-mail in the last
year.

For the first time in several years, the BSL did not participate
in UC Berkeley's Cal Day Open House on April 18, 1998. After assessing
the impact of the McCone Hall renovation project on the potential
activities, we decided that it would be too difficult to host
open house activities this year. We look forward to participating
next year in our newly renovated quarters!